Francis Griffith Newlands

Senator from Nevada

SENATEOTHER PARTY→DEMOCRAT1893–1919ID N000069

LegislationHEADLINE

82%with Dems

of 927 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

82%with Dems

of 927 · both combined

Steepest move

−30 pts

1893 → 1895

under one label

Changed parties

57th

O → D · first Congress under it

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓18931899190519111917O→D · 57th

1917–1865th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

82.4%with Democrats

of 34 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1893 → 1895, −30 pts — within one party label.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Dec 18, 1917noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Dec 12, 1917H.R. 2316No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2316), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Dec 12, 1917H.R. 2316No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 7, 1917S.J.Res. 111No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 4, 1917H.R. 5723No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 4, 1917H.R. 5723No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 34 contested votes scored in the 65th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

13 Congresses

53rd · 189357th · 190158th · 190365th · 1917

Other party · House · NV53rd–56th

Democrat · House · NV57th–57th

Democrat · Senate · NV58th–65th

Term datesexact

Francis Griffith Newlands

Senator from Nevada

SENATEO→D1893–191913 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

81.6%with Democrats

of 927 votes · 18.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested82%of 927 · combined

Steepest move−30 pts1893→95, under another label

Changed parties57thO→D

Career arc

100500O→D18931917

1917–18 · 65th · Democrat · of 34 votes82.4%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.

Democratic majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 34 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

53rd · 189365th · 1917

Other party53rd–56th

Democrat57th–57th

Democrat58th–65th

Other party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th